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F. H. LIEKER.

PURSE. l

N0. 364,529. Patented June '7, 1'887.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICEO FREDERICK H. LIEKER, OFv TORONTO, ONTARIO, CANADA.

PURSE.

1SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 364,529, dated June 7, 1887.

Application filed April S, 1887. Serial No. 234,130. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK HENRY LIEKER, of the city of Toronto, in the county of York, in the Province of Ontario, Canada, manufacturer, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Purses, of which the following is a specification.

The object of the invention iste devise a purse having the material which forms the body of the purse-pocket on which the inner frame rests so cut at the upper corners as to forni a s-trong bearing for the ends of said inner frame, and at the same time form strong double folds on which the gusset material forming the ends of the purse-pockets is pasted.`

By my method of leaving the ends of the material from which the pockets are made square, or nearly so, and cutting out small wedge-shaped pieces from the upper corners of the portion which carries the inside metal frame, (instead of making the purse-pockets in the usual mannen) I ain able to dispense with four gussetfolds on the ends of the pursepoekets, as hereinafter explained, thereby saving much labor and waste of material, besides making a stronger, more durable, and readily-made purse. Y

In the class of purses to which my-invention is applicable the gusset-pieces forming the ends of the pockets are pasted over the pocket material.

Figure l is an oblong piece of paperor other material from which the pockets in my purse are formed, the heavy dotted lines showing the wedge-shaped portions cut out and wasted. Fig. 2 is an end-view of the pocket material in my purse with gusset material removed, indicating the mode of folding the oblong piece of material shown in Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a view` illustrating the Wedge-shaped pieces cut out of the upper corners of the central folds in my purse. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the frame-work of my improved purse-pockets,

showing one end before being covered withthe gusset material,while the other end is covered with such gusset material and shows the number of folds in the gusset-piece in my styleof purse-pockets.

Like letters indicate similar parts in the different figures, all of which are intended to represent parts of a purse having live pockets in process of formation.

In Fig. 1 the heavy lines j k Z m, between folds 2 and 3 and S and 9, show where the niateral is cut into along the fold-line for about three-fourths of an inch, iii order to afford expansion-pieces for the two pockets on either side of the central pocket. The wedge-shaped pieces, like a b c (l, are eut or stamped out at the corners of the folds 4 5 and 6 7, as shown, the inner metal frame, F, resting and being pinched onto the edge of folds indicated by dotted lines e f and g h, when the material -is folded and shaped into position. z', being that portion between the double dotted lines between folds 5 and 6, forms the bottom of the central pocket, which carries the inner metal frame when my purse is formed. The piece of material as shaped in this iigureis intended to form a purse having five pockets.

In Fig; 2, for the purpose of illustrating the zigzag method of folding the oblong piece of material referred to in Fig. l, the bottoms of the folds are not yet gathered together, and the slits between folds 2 3 and S 9, forming expansion-picecs for the ends of pockets in which the gussetleather is pasted, are also shown in position, as well as the wedge-shaped pieces a b c cl at the upper corners Aof the central pocket which carries the inner metal frame.

Fig. 3 shows aportion .of the frame material which forms the pursepockets in which the central frame rest-s, il being the bottom of the central pocket, and G G and H H being the double flaps or folds, which when the pockets are expanded are folded back together out wardly from the central pocket, forming triangular-shaped expansion-pieces at both ends for the pockets adjoining the central pocket, and which are covered by the gusset-leather forming the ends of the pocket, the pieces G G and HTI-being respectively held together by the gusset-leather andforming astroug sup port therefor. y

In Fig. l the various letters and figures sufficiently indicate the position of the different parts and folds. It will be noticed at the end wardly from the central pocket to meet the edges of the flaps L L', formed by the slits at j and Z, the other flaps formed atj andi being bent outwardly to meet the edges of folds; and 10, as shown. rIhe outer edges may be glued together, if desired, before pasting on the gusset-piece covering the ends of the pockets. The other end shows the gusset-piece I pasted in position. The dotted lines show the position of the metal frame, the edges of said gusset-piece at the central pocket being tucked in and covered by said metal frame F when the purse is completed. It will be also noticed that in my way of making these purse-pockets there are only three inward folds of the gusset piecein making apurse of five pockets, instead of five inward folds in the formation of a similar purse by any other known method where the gusset is pasted over the edges of the pocket-folds, and I thus effect asaving of four inward folds-two at each end. The same saving would of course be effected even if there were alarger or lesser number of pockets than five.

In my method a large number of wedgeshaped pieces can be cutout at a time without any cutting and gluing together again.

It is not absolutely essential, but preferable, to have the pocket which carries the inner metal frame placed in the center of the purse.

Having shown that four inward folds of gusset-leatherformingtheends of pockets aresaved in each purse made by my method, and that in my purse the wedge-shaped pieces can be cut out of the material forming the frame-work of the pockets in a number at a time rapidly and with comparatively little labor, and that the gusset-piece in my method does not require as much preparation by shaping the ends on which the frame is pinched, what I claim as my invention isl. In a purse where the gussets are pasted over the ends of the pocket material, notches a b c cl, formed at the upper corners of the material forming the framework of pockets, the

double expansion-folds G, and the flap or fold L, in combination with the gusset-piece I, sub stantially as and for the purpose specilied.

2. In a purse where the gussets are pasted over the ends of the pocket material,- notches a b c d, the double expansion-folds G and H, and the flaps or folds L L', formed at the ends ofthe pockets adjoining the pocket which carries the inner metal frame, in combination with the gusset-piece I and the inner metal frame, F, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. In a purse where the gussets are pasted over the ends of the pocket material, the notches a b c d,formed on the folds which carry the inner metal frame, and the double eXpansion-folds Gand I-I,in combination with thegusset-piece I and the material forming the ends of the pockets adjoining the pocket which carries the metal frame F, substantially as specfied.

4. In a purse where the gnssets are pasted over t-he ends of the pocket material, the gus set-piece forming the ends of the pockets so adapted to the frame of the purse as to form at the ends of the pocket which carries theinner ,the ends thereof flaps of a double thickness ot' material, which fold outwardly from the pocket which carries the metal frame in a triangular form when the pockets of which said triangularlyshaped flaps form part are expanded, substantially as specified.

Toronto, March 31, 1887.

FREDERICKA I'I. LIEKER.

In presence of JOHN G. RIDoUT, CHARLEs C. BALDWIN. 

